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By David Lawder and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner cleared the way for a vote as soon as Tuesday on a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security for the rest of the fiscal year,...Show More Summary

House Speaker John Boehner has learned (yet again) what happens when you play zero-sum politics. Sometimes you end up with nothing, and that's what will happen later today, it appears.
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House Speaker John Boehner told his GOP caucus...Show More Summary

We've held 10 Suits and Spooks events since 2011. Who have been some of your favorite speakers? Beginning July 1, 2015, Soho House, our Suits and Spooks home in NYC, will be closing the Library (our past venue) for renovations and will turn it into a members-only space, which means that we won't be able to hold future events there after June 30th. Show More Summary

Speaker of the House John Boehner announced that the House will vote on a clean funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security this week — perhaps by the end of the day. News organizations have reported that Boehner told his colleagues that a partial shutdown was not an option:... More »

Today Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress on Iran's nuclear ambitions, at the invitation of House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). The speech has caused a considerable flap, with Democrats criticizing it as anShow More Summary

First thing Tuesday morning, House Speaker John Boehner folded like a cheap suit in agreeing to hold a vote on a clean Department of Homeland Security funding bill. Why would Boehner do this with entire days left before the short-term...Show More Summary

According to reports, House Speaker John Boehner is set to bring a so-called "clean" bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security to the floor as early as Tuesday, essentially admitting defeat on the House GOP's weeks-long effort to use the DHS bill to defund President Barack Obama's immigration orders.

It appears that House Speaker John Boehner is ready to end the prolonged game of chicken he's been playing with funding for the Department of Homeland Security. He plans to allow a vote on a clean funding bill through the end of theShow More Summary

As Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint session of Congress today, controversy continues to rage over whether House speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) should have invited him without consulting Obama.
As it happens, Boehner did alert the White House an hour before the speech was announced. Show More Summary

House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) told the GOP conference that they needed to pass a clean Department of Homeland Security funding bill because Senate Republicans “never found a way to win this fight” and because some House conservatives...Show More Summary

House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) announced that the House will vote on a clean Department of Homeland Security funding bill, which marks the conclusion of the Republican attempt to block funding for President Obama’s executive amnesty...Show More Summary

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner told Republican members the House would vote Tuesday on the Senate's plan to fund the Department of Homeland Security, which could end the impasse over the agency, according to a person who was at the meeting. Show More Summary

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to address the United States Congress at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday morning, at the invitation of House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and over the protests of the Obama administration and congressional Democrats. Netanyahu intends to argue for tougher sanctions against Iran for the development of its nuclear program, sanctions [...]

House Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) office went to absurd lengths to describe the popularity of the Israeli prime minister's speech Tuesday. In a statement issued to The New York Times, Boehner spokesman Michael Steel said: "If Taylor...Show More Summary

We begin today's roundup with Eugene Robinson who pulls no punches in his evaluation of John Boehner's performance as Speaker:
House Speaker John Boehner needs to decide whether he wants to be remembered as an effective leader or a befuddled hack. Show More Summary

The Daily Show's Jon Stewart gave kissy-face House Speaker John Boehner the treatment he deserved after he let his caucus make a mockery of him on the DHS funding bill this week.
Daily Show host Jon Stewart ripped House Speaker JohnShow More Summary

Daily Show host Jon Stewart ripped House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on Monday for apparently losing control of his own members in the dispute over funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “It’s as though the caucus that you, John Boehner, purport to control has told you to...